Radio National Breakfast — Separate stories podcast

From opening for Bruce Springsteen in Hyde Park to performing in front of American President Joe Biden, Irish rock band The Coronas have made their mark as international sensations.

Matt Bevan live from Washington DC with the mood on the ground. Software problems with polling booths in Pennsylvania have caused some confusion and longer wait times as voters are required to vote with paper ballots. 

It's the self help book for people who hate self help - that's how author Mark Manson describes his New York Times Bestselling book The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*uck.

He's touring Australia this November and says he has a whole bunch of new life advice and ideas to share. 

As vote counting begins across the United States later today, the world will be watching, and nowhere closer than in Thulasendrapuram.

The tiny village in the south of India was home of Kamala Harris's maternal grandfather and has become the focus of global attention since her rise to prominence.

As Americans head to the polls today they're being asked to choose between contrasting visions for their country and the world.

So what would the campaign rhetoric mean in office?

Shadow Treasurer Angus Taylor disagrees with Labor's promise to cut student debt and says a better cost-of-living measure would be to focus on lowering interest rates and inflation.

The US Presidential election has been repeatedly called too close to call by several polling experts, but one pollster has surprised many pundits by predicting that Vice President Kamala Harris will cause an upset and win Iowa, a state that Former President Donald Trump has previously won in the last 2 elections.

The poll was conducted by J. Ann Selzer who has been described as the "outlier pollster" because her polls, are often correct, and go against what the majority of pollster predict.

Guest: J. Ann Selzer, Pollster

Producer: Matt Simpson

A week after horrific floods devastated the Valencia region of Spain - scores of people are still missing and bodies are still being found. Thousands of volunteers have begun work trying to clear the muddy mess from houses - and help to find bodies of people and animals.

Guest: Michele De Salvia, Valencia

Producer: Bridgette Collins and Anne Barker

The Reserve Bank of Australia has kept interest rates on hold at 4.35 per cent for the eighth consecutive meeting, despite inflation falling to its lowest level in almost four years.

After months of tensions and disagreements Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has fired his Defence Minister, Yoav Gallant.